Place:Vestsjælland, Denmark

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NameVestsjælland
Alt namesWest Zealand County
Vestjaellandsource: Times Atlas of the World (1985)
Vestsjaellandsource: USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vestsjællandsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Vestsjællandssource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988)
Vestsjællands Amtsource: Wikipedia
TypeModern province, Amt
Coordinates55.583°N 11.5°E
Located inDenmark     (1970 - 2006)
See alsoHolbæk, DenmarkParent
Sorø, DenmarkParent
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Antvorskov ( 800 - )
Asnæs
Bjernede
Boeslunde
Borreby
Bregninge
Butterup
Dalmose
Fjenneslev
Frederiksberg
Fuglebjerg
Fårevejle
Gisselfeld
Grevinge
Gyrstinge
Haraldsted
Havnsø
Himmelev
Hjembæk
Holbæk ( 1970 - 2007 )
Højby
Hørve
Høve
Jyderup
Kirke Stillinge
Lumsås
Mullerup
Nordby
Nykøbing
Odden
Pedersborg
Ramløse
Regstrup
Rejnstrup
Ruds Vedby
Rørby
Rørvig
Slaglille
Soderup
Store Merløse
Svebølle
Sæby
Særslev
Terslev
Tersløse
Tuse
Ubby
Undløse
Vallekilde
Vig
Vigersted
Viskinge
Municipality
Bjergsted
Dianalund
Dragsholm
Gørlev
Hashøj
Haslev
Holbæk
Hvidebæk
Høng
Jernløse
Kalundborg
Korsør
Nykøbing-Rørvig
Ringsted
Skælskør
Slagelse
Sorø ( 1000 - )
Stenlille
Svinninge
Tornved
Trundholm
Tølløse
Parish
Gislinge sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
Kvanløse sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
Mørkøv sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
Nørre Jernløse sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
Ugerløse sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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West Zealand County is a former county (Danish: amt) in the west-central part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising a few former counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e. Region Zealand).

The county was responsible for public hospitals, upper secondary schools and schools for Higher Preparatory Examination, public transport and social welfare for the disabled.

The County Hall was located in the town of Sorø, and became the seat of the new region. Sorø is by no means the biggest city in West Zealand, but it has great historical value. It is famed for the Sorø Academy (Danish, Sorø Akademi), an educational institution built in 1140 together with the church where Queen Margaret I of Denmark was buried (later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde).

Many people who live in West Zealand commute to the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen for work.

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